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 - Provides information sheets on the environmental and labor practices of corporations that recruit on college campuses - including Disney, which is embroiled in a labor controversy.
- Article suggests that actively managing what search engines say about your business can head off costly attacks.
- Canada based nonprofit, activist group's site. Their goals are conservation and sustainable improvement of agricultural biodiversity; socially responsible development of technologies useful to rural societies. RAFI does not "pull its punches" on
- Analyzes, examines, and exposes what it calls "the tasteless and evil practices of the music industry".
- Covers over 1000 companies, over 160 countries, over 150 topics. The site is composed of links to a wide range of materials published by companies, NGOs, governments, intergovernmental organisations, journalists, academics, etc. It includes reports of co
- To Transform the "World of Work" by an informal, expanding coalition of citizens concerned about what's happening in the business world.
- This former corporate insider and former Maine-based U.S. Congressman has written several insightful looks at how corporations' operations may be inherently destructive to the environment, human beings, and our rights with ideas on improving the situation
- A barter organization uses XAT units as an alternative to money to purchase goods and services. Writings on the history of money and a Journey guide.
- Do global capital flows inherently challenge the environment? White paper on corporate operations, as they effect the environment today.
- Aimed toward increasing corporate accountability through education and action alerts.
- Free subversive software for the CueCat home barcode scanner, designed to dig up any dirt on the manufacturer/seller using the DC database and Google.
- Dialogue among representatives of all major religious groups plus global business code of ethics.
- Subscription page of Students for Change, permits networking with other activists on businesses affecting Human Rights.
- "...somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it." - David Rockefeller
- Tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labor union issues and the environment.
- International coalition against corruption in international business transactions and seeking increased government accountability.
- Reflections on the wisdom of Tibor Kalman, social responsibility, and a designer's role in the digital age.
- Research paper on U.S. policy in Asian Pacific Econ Cooperative: Does (1) US promotes an economic model that downplays human rights and sustainable development. (2) U.S. policy has focused on enhancing U.S. corporate interests rather than addressing
- Seeks to tackle the exploitation of workers in developing countries by giving consumers the opportunity to buy products that guarantee a better deal to producers. Site includes information resources and a report on coffee farmers and international trade.
- Human Rights Watch update (March, 1999) on the continued use of land mines encouraged by President Clinton and midwest defense firm.
- FTF is an association of businesses committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide. Standards are relevant to corporate operations.
- Corporate Predators web site, article on "The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy."
- Asks if there are certain corporate operations inextricably connected with what U.S. President Eisenhower called "The Military-Industrial Complex".
- An Ottawa-based non-profit, non-partisan citizen advocacy organization that focuses on democratic reform and government and corporate accountability in Canada.
- Corporate Predators: The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy. This book by by Mokhiber and Weissman details corporate operations that threaten human rights and relations.
- Corporate activists seeking to put a human touch back into the corporate world through the use of technology.
- Information on companies worldwide that are known to use sweatshop labor and child labor. Also some Good companies. Produced by Immaculata High School students.
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